6/28/2023 0 Comments Dopesick books![]() ![]() With shades of “Sweeney Todd,” the official description says it all: “A macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest.” (Amazon, July 7) ![]() Her boyfriend and her family are gone, so she stays with an old friend and they come up with an offbeat money-making plan. Justina Machado stars in this adaptation of a play and podcast as an ex-con who returns to her now-gentrified New York neighborhood after 16 years. THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH The premise sounds a tad like Tracy Morgan’s “The Last O.G.,” but with some disturbingly grotesque twists. As the plane moves from Dubai to London, it travels through the airspace of several different countries and their differing approaches to the crisis. The seven-episode miniseries will follow the nightmare in real time, with Archie Panjabi (Kalinda!) helping out at ground control. HIJACK Idris Elba stars as a businessman who finds himself acting as a negotiator when the plane he’s on gets hijacked. Walton Goggins and Olivia Washington also star. ![]() I said absurdist, now didn’t I? His aunt and uncle try to protect him from exploitation by keeping him in the house - but, yeah, he’s a teen, and soon he’s out in the world on an adventure. I’M A VIRGO In this absurdist series from Boots Riley, Jharrel Jerome - from “When They See Us” and “Moonlight” - stars as a 13-foot-tall Black teen named Cootie coming of age in Oakland. ![]()
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